Letters

Battling Alzheimer’s Over the past few years my mom has been becoming increasingly forgetful due to dementia, most likely Alzheimer’s disease. In just a few short years she has moved from an independent living situation to assisted living.

Break the gridlock Our country is badly divided politically. The extremes of the parties are strongly entrenched and compromise is viewed as a sign of weakness. With that said, it is certainly unreasonable to expect agreement on anything where one side gets everything and the other side gets nothing.

Union Busting As your readers know on Wednesday June 27, 2018 the Supreme Court made their “Janus” decision that public unions could not collect dues on employees who choose not to become a member of the union.

Exemption for plastic guns For a relatively small amount of money, you can have a 3D printer delivered to your door by an online retailer, and if the State Department proceeds with a special exemption for Defense Unlimited, any one of us will have access to a downloadable gun as soon as August 1.

In the 1932 case New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote that a “state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.

Stealing children The Trump administration’s decision to separate children and families has received a lot of negative attention. What’s the motivation for enacting such heartless protocol? It’s not to protect the children; experts agree that trauma like this causes lifelong psychological problems.

Support for Jim Keady As a practicing Catholic, and a single mother with two daughters in Catholic schools, and a Social Worker for Mercer County Board of Social Services, I almost automatically think about the moral implications of major political questions through the lens of the teachings of Jesus, about Social Justice.

A letter from Moorestown Mayor On February 14th, the whole country wept for the innocent lives that were lost in the Parkland High School shooting in Florida. Questions were raised, and fingers were immediately pointed, and partisan lines were drawn.

Iran nuke deal I am writing to express outrage over President Trumps’ withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement. While not perfect, the agreement has in fact kept Iran’s military nuclear ambitions at bay to the benefit of the entire planet.

Another successful Dreamlift Once again Sunshine Foundation’s Operation Dreamlift was a major success. It never ceases to amaze me how this community comes together to make the dream and wish of going to Disney become a reality for our chronically and terminally ill and handicapped children.

Great Basketball season Congratulations to coach Raba and the Nottingham Northstars Group 3 State Championship. Deon Chew and his Gymworks Program does work. Kudos to Mercer County Basketball this season.

Women’s History Month In this area, we don’t just learn about Women’s History, we make it. We are the home of suffragette Alice Paul, groundbreaking senators Dawn Addiego and Diane Allen, NJ’s youngest female mayor Victoria Napolitano, the first female county administrator Eve Cullinan, and now the only county in NJ to have two women - Kate Gibbs and Linda Hughes - serving as Freeholder Director and Deputy Director.

Trenton Water Works utility continues to get cited with new violations despite its recent embrace of emergency corrective action. On Tuesday, the DEP issued two water violations to Trenton Works for distributing H2O laced with an excessive level of chronic contaminants.

Solutions need to be discussed We have all followed the amazing stories about the men who have violated the woman in our country. As we well know, abuse of power comes as no surprise! Then it was followed up by the lunatic doctor that sexually abused hundreds of young ladies.

Smith’s lack of leadership Chris Smith shows his lack of courage and leadership again. By supporting the release of the “Nunes Memo,” Smith endorsed Trump’s attacks on the FBI and DOJ for political gain.

Environmental protection As a concerned citizen who grew up on the Jersey Shore, environmental issues have been near and dear to myself and my family Given the substantial changes to the United States environmental policies, it is important to have strong congressional leadership that will stand for the environment.

It’s Trenton Turn! After years of starts and stops, neglect and difficult times, there are significant signs of movement in Trenton. All the positive activity going on in the city is starting to surface and finally attract the attention it deserves.

Congressman Smith’s record Congressman Smith has been in Congress for 33 years. During his time, Smith has chosen to pinpoint his legislative focus on two niche issues: child protection and anti-choice legislation.

Once again, the Trenton Police Department has violated the trust and safety of our community by using unnecessary and nearly lethal force on a city resident. This time not in the shadows of dark alleys, but out in the public sphere.